#CAC52D#CAC52D

#CAC52D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.161 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC52D
RGB	rgb(202, 197, 45)
HSL	hsl(58, 64%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(58, 78%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 77.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.69, -14.70, 70.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.69, 71.94, 101.79°)
OKLab	oklab(80.26% -0.0484 0.1532)
OKLCH	oklch(80.26% 0.161 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.7989, 52.6801, 10.2906)
Luminance	0.5268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC52D #2D32CA

analogous

#CA762D #CAC52D #80CA2D

triadic

#CAC52D #2DCAC5 #C52DCA

tetradic

#CAC52D #2DCA76 #2D32CA #CA2D80

square

#CAC52D #2DCA76 #2D32CA #CA2D80

split-complementary

#CAC52D #2D80CA #762DCA

monochromatic

#666317 #989422 #CAC52D #DAD65A #E5E38C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#CAC52D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.54

#CAC52D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC52D

11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC52D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC52D	1.00	1.82	11.54	11.54
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BD00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C23A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac52d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 197, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.161 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded673',
    500: '#cac52d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac52d;
$custom-light: #ded673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac52d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.089,
    "s": 63.563,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8026,
    "c": 0.16065,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC52D

secondary

#2B2D70

accent

#46E741

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC52D

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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